Paint longevity question
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I see the caution about "acid rain" is no longer. It must've existed back in the early- mid-90s. A person I knew had a dark green Corvette and, due to no garage it sat outside. It got very "pock-marked" where the clear was gone or damaged. Went on to use a car cover but it was too late. I think the biggest key is keeping it inside.
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Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Crestwood, KY
I bought my first Vette in Jan1998 new. Torch Red always garage parked unless on a trip. only about 50K miles on it but when I drive it, often I have people compliment the car and ask if it is new. What does that say about how well the paint holds up?
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Paint brand used is all over the map, and probably changes frequently. Moreover, many Euro and Asian vehicles are now built at US plants. BASF, PPG, and DuPont commonly are used by manufacturers all over the world, and many manufacturers are using different brands at the same time.
I seriously doubt the formulae vary much given increasingly strict environmental regulations in the industrialized world.
I seriously doubt the formulae vary much given increasingly strict environmental regulations in the industrialized world.
Axalta traces its origins to the German firm Herberts Gmbh, which began in 1866 coating carriages before moving to automotive painting. Through later mergers the company became DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC), part of the American DuPont chemical empire, and was rebranded as Axalta Coating Systems after being purchased by The Carlyle Group in 2013. Axalta went public on the New York Stock Exchange in November 2014 and since then has become fully independent. Carlyle Group exited their last ownership stake in Axalta in 2015.
